22 February 2003
No 616
4 2 5 D X N E W S
DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

8P - Look for 8P9NX to be active (mainly on RTTY and CW) from Barbados (NA-021) between 21 February and 6 March. QSL via W0SA. [TNX VA3RJ]

8P - W2SC will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (1-2 March) as 8P5A (SOAB HP) from Barbados. QSL via NT1N. [TNX NG3K]

8Q - Ivan, 8Q7VR has been active from the Maldives (AS-013) since 16 February and will be there until May. QSL via UR9IDX. [TNX RL3AW]

9A - Boro, 9A3KB and Emir, 9A6AA will be active (on 40, 20 and 15 metres SSB) from the lighthouse of Plicina Paklena (LH-0708) on 22 February and from the lighthouse of Barbaran (LH-1018) on the 23rd. After that, they plan to operate from Sv. Nikola Island (EU-110, IOCA CI-118). QSL via home calls. [TNX VA3RJ]

C9 - Depending on local situation, Reinhard, DL6DQW will be active as C98RF from Mocambique Island (AF-088) on 21-24 February and from Quirimba Island (AF-061) between 25 February and 3 March.. QSL via DL6DQW. [TNX NG3K]

CE - The 3G5Q operators [425DXN 615] have been granted permission to start their activity from Quiriquina Island (SA-070, ARLS CHI-025) a few hours earlier than originally planned and now they hope to become QRV around 21 UTC on 21 February. They will try to operate also on RTTY or PSK31 and to install a dipole for 160 metres in order to be active during the CQ 160M SSB Contest. Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/3g5q after the operation. QSL via XQ5SM (P.O. Box 2841, Concepcion, Chile).

CE - Ferdy, CE4FXY will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as CE4Y on 10 metres HP. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]

CN - Look for W7EJ to participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as CN2R from Morocco (SOAB HP). QSL via W7EJ. [TNX NG3K]

DU - Ken, G3OCA reports that due to some delays with the licencing authority the callsigns for the March operation from OC-120 and OC-092 [425DXN 613] have changed. The new calls will be 4D2C from Cuyo Island (OC-120, 14-17 March) and 4D2B from Babuyan Island (OC-092, 20-26 March). Two DU pilot stations will announce frequency/mode/times on cluster for the duration of the operation - "this we hope will maximise the openings to Europe and North America". QSL via G3OCA either direct or through the RSGB bureau (cards for Russian stations will be handled by UA4SKW).

EA8 - Operators fron the Gran Canaria DX Group will be active on SSB and CW as EA8OK/p from the lighthouse at Punta Sardina (ARLHS CAI-055, FEA D-2816) on 23 February. QSL via bureau or direct to EA8AKN. [TNX EA8AKN]

EA8 - Look for EA8/OH6XX (SOSB 15 metres) and EA8/OH9MM (SOSB 20 metres) to participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest from the Canary Islands. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]

F - Marc, F6HQP expects to operate as F6HQP/P from the islands of Ratonneau (EU-095, DIFM ME-03) and/or Pomegues (EU-095, DIFM ME-16) on 23-24 February. QSL via bureau. [TNX La Gazette du DX]

FO_aus - Antoine, FO5RK reports he is planning to be active again from Rapa Island (OC-051), Austral Islands on 1-20 March during his holidays (which means more time to spend on the radio).

H4 - Bernhard, DL2GAC/H44MS has been back in the Solomon Islands since 21 February and expects to remain there for the next two months. During the next week he will reduce his activity while recovering from malaria ("I do hope the worst is over, but I still feel weak", he says). Our best wishes to him.

HR - Henry/HR2HM, Eduardo/HR2EMC, Cesar/HR2CPS, Carlos/HR2CSB, Byron/HR5LBR, Rene/HR5RJC and Manuel/HR5MJC will be active as HQ8V from Cayos Vivorillos (Gracias a Dios Department group, NA-???) from around 22 UTC on 21 March through around 12 UTC on the 24th. They will operate mainly on 40, 20, and 15 metres SSB. QSL via HR2CPS (Cesar Pio Santos Andino, P.O. Box 747, 21105 San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras). [TNX HR2CPS]

JA - Look for JS6QVP (QSL via JI5USJ), JS6QVQ (QSL via JI5RPT) and and JI5RPT/6 (QSL via home call) to be active (on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31) from the Daito Islands (AS-047) [425DXN 611] on 4-11 March. Cards can be sent either direct or through the JARL bureau. More information is available at http://www.aa.alpha-net.ne.jp/ji5rpt/as-047/. [TNX JI6KVR]

KP2 - Tony, N2TK will be operating at WP2Z (QSL via KU9C) for the ARRL DX SSB Contest. Before and after the contest he will be active as N2TK/NP2 (QSL via home call). [TNX N2TK]

LU - Mariano, LU4EJ will be active as LU4EJ/D from Martin Garcia Island (SA-055) on 20-22 March. Suggested frequencies are 3680, 7090, 14200, 21300, 28460 and 50110 kHz. QSL via LU4EJ either direct (Mariano Viva, Independencia 1193, Mar del Plata 7600, Argentina) or through the bureau. [TNX LU4EJ]

OZ - Look for Jakob, OZ7AEI/P to be active from the lighthouse of Griseta odde (DEN-075, DLS-030) on 22 February starting around 15 UTC on +/- 14270 kHz. QSL via bureau or direct. [TNX OZ7AEI]

PJ - K1NA plans to be active as PJ5/K1NA or PJ5NA from St. Eustatius (NA-145) during the ARRL DX SSB Contest. It will be a "casual effort" in the SOAB category. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]

V2 - Doug, W3CF (V26DX) and a group of Team Antigua operators (namely Jay/WX0B, Jim/N2EA, Irwin/KD3TB and Sharon/N5CK) will activate V26DX as a Multi Two entry for 2003 ARRL DX SSB Contest from Antigua. They plan to be on the air by 26 February. QSL V26DX via KU9C. [TNX NG3K]

W - Several members of the Magnolia DX Association (http://www.mdxa.org) will be active as K5C from Cat Island (NA-082, USI MS002S) on 4-6 April. They will operate on 10-80 metres CW and SSB from multiple stations. QSL via K2FF. The K5C QSL cards for the September 2002 operation [425DXN 592] have been received from the printer and all direct requests have been answered and put into the mail on 13 February. Future requests will continue to be answered the same way received. "Cards for the upcoming trip will be ordered in advance", Randy, W5UE says, "and we hope to be able to answer direct requests within weeks of the end of the expedition".

ZF - John, K0DQ will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as ZF2DQ (SOAB HP) from ZF2NT's QTH in the Cayman Islands (NA-016). On 26-28 February, while preparing for the contest, he plans to operate on 12 and 17 metres. QSL via K0DQ. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• GACW KEY DAY ---> The GACW KD will take place from 18 UTC on 22 February through 6 UTC on the 23rd. This is not a contest, but an event for encouraging amateur radio operators to log as many QSOs as possible using their straight keys. More information at http://gacw.no-ip.org.
• HOLYLAND CONTEST ---> The results of the Holyland DX Contest 2002 can be found on the Israel Amateur Radio Club's web site at http://www.iarc.org/contest. This year the Contest will take place on 19 April, from 00.00 UTC through 24 UTC. [TNX 4Z4KX]
• IR4X ---> Due to a bureaucratic misunderstanding, the Monte Capra Contest Team - formerly IQ4A and IR4A [425DXN 615] - has had to change again its callsign. The new call is IR4X and it will be used starting from the ARRL DX SSB Contest on 1-2 March. The QSL route for either IR4A (for the 2003 ARRL DX CW Contest *only*) and IR4X is via IK4QJH. [TNX I4VEQ]
• QSL CO3CJ ---> Peppe, IZ8EBI (http://space.virgilio.it/iz8ebi@tin.it) is the new QSL manager for Juan Carlos, CO3CJ. Cards can be sent either direct or through the bureau. [TNX IZ8EBI]
• QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Being retired, Bob Smith, W0VU has "lots of time to do cards" and is willing to act as a QSL manager for one or more stations. Bob can be contacted at rsmith55@iland.net.
• QSL VIA I3BQC ---> Vittorino, I3BQC reports that he has neither direct nor bureau backlog for any of his past operations.
• QSL VIA W1TE ---> The following are now being handled by Charley, W1TE (QSL either direct or through the bureau): UU0JM (all operations), UU7J/P (IOTA Contest 2002 from EU-180), UU7J (all operations starting this year). On-line logs are available at http://www.w1te.com/search.html (additional UU0JM and UU7J logs will be added as they are received). Charley is not the manager for V47NS (QSLs at this time continue to go to W9NY), but he handles the cards and post the logs. [TNX W1TE]
• ST2X ---> There is a possibility that Gerben, PA5NT/ST2X will go back to Sudan after 16 March. Latest information and final announcement will be available at http://www.dx.to/. For the time being, "The ST2X Story" with results of Gerben's recent activity can be found at the URL above (it can also be downloaded as .pdf file).
• WARD AWARD ---> The WARD (World Amateur Radio Day) Award commemorates the World Amateur Radio Day celebrated by IARU on 18 April each year. The award is sponsored by MK QTC (the Polish Amateur Radio Journal) with the Polish Amateur Radio Union's support, and it is issued to licenced amateurs and SWLs for contacts made/heard between 00.00 and 24 UTC on 18 April. For further information please e-mail Sylwester Jarkiewicz, SP2FAP at qtc@post.pl.
• YI1BGD ---> The Slovak Embassy in Baghdad has been closed down and Mike, OM2DX, who was active from YI1BGD, has left Baghdad. Steve, OM3JW will get the log for Mike's last days of operation after his arrival at home.

NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• LOGS: The AH3D log search is now up and running: send an e-mail to ah3d-log@n4gn.com (type your call in the subject line, the body of message should be blank) and you will receive a response back, in the form of an e-mail, stating your QSOs that are in the AH3D log.
• ROMANIA: The Romanian Amateur Radio Federation has a new web site at http://www.hamradio.ro - the YO callbook is available there, as well as the final results for the the International Championship of Romania 2002. [TNX N2YO/YO3FWC]

QSL INFO - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8/DK7AO   DL3APO      EA8BH       OH2BH       SX1R        SV1XV
3V8SQ       DL1BDF      ED2TPA      EA5CVN      SY8A        SV8CS
3W3ZZ       JA1EUI      ED5MHE      EA5ZD       T31MY       OM2SA
4J9NM       K2PF        EK60SB      EA7JX       T77CD       I0MWI
4K9W        DL6KVA      EK6DZ       EA7JX       T88AQ       JH6WDG
4L1MA       ON4RU       EM0U        UT7UW       T88DY       JA5SUD
4L8A        OZ1HPS      ES85L       ES6PZ       T88EI       JA5EIY
5B4/RA6LUX  UA6LCW      ES85V       ES6DO       T88RH       JA5ROH
5B4/UA9MA   UA9MA       ES85X       ES7FU       T88TM       JA5AUC
5H9IR       ZS6EZ       EU5F        DL8KAC      TF8GX       K1WY
5N6EAM      IK2IQD      EY8MM       K1BV        TI9MOT      TI6MOT
5T5CPS      JA1CPS      FM5BH       W3HNK       TM3QK       F5UJY
5T5HC       JA0HC       FY5GS       F6FNU       TR8CA       F6CBC
5T5KHT      JK1KHT      HF2VL       SP2PI       TR8SA       F5OGL
5T5PBV      JA1PBV      HK6PSG      EA5OL       TT8FC       EA4AHK
5T5RUZ      JA8RUZ      HP1/DJ7AA   DL6MYL      TZ8FT       F2YT
5T5U        JA1UT       HS0ZDZ      GM4FDM      UA0BD       RW6HS
5T5UPA      JA1UPA      IO4T        IK4XCL      UE6YYW      UA6YW
5V7BR       F5RUQ       J42A        SV2AEL      UK8IZ       IK2QPR
5X1DC       DL7AFS      K3ZB/KH2    JH1NBN      UN7MO       EA7FTR
5X1GS       WB2YQH      KH4/NH6D    N6FF        V25LR       W1LR
6Y0T        K3TEJ       LT1F        LU1FKR      V25WX       W4WX
7Q7LA       G0IAS       LU1FAM      AC7DX       V26EW       N2ED
8Q7CR       DF5JR       LU1NDC      EA7FTR      V31DJ       W1LLU
8S5X        SM5HJZ      LU1ZA       LU2CN       V31DK       N0UGX
9G5GA       DL3GA       LU5FF       EA7JX       V31FG       DL2SWW
9G5ZZ       DL1CW       LX9UN       LX1NJ       V31JP       KA9WON
9L1BTB      SP7BTB      MJ0ASP      F5SHQ       V47DD       K8DD
9Q1A/2      F2YT        MM0XAU      DJ6AU       V47KP       K2SB
9Y4/DL6RAI  DL6RAI      N3JZ/KH2    JE3NJZ      V47WW       AC8W
9Y4/IV3IYH  IK2ILH      OH0R        OH2PM       V51KC       WD4AWO
9Y4TBG      DL4MEH      OH0Z        OH5DX       VK3FY/DU8   EA7JX
A51B        W0GJ        OI3SVM      OH3JF       VK9LBJ      VK2BJ
A71MA       KZ5RO       OX3FV       OZ5FV       VP5/N3SB    N4ZH
C6AGN       W1DIG       OY3QN       OZ1ACB      VP5/WX3B    N4ZH
C6AKQ       N4BP        P29VMS      DL2GAC      VP5LP       N4ZH
C6ALK       K7RE        P3F         5B4AGN      VP8DES      VP8LP
C6AMM       K1CN        P40T        VE3HO       W3MCA/KH2   JA3MCA
C6APX       KC4PX       P49MR       VE3MR       XF1K        N6AWD
C6AQX       WA8SQX      P49V        AI6V        XT2SX       G3SXW
CN2MP       EA9AM       PJ2/N8LGP   W8TTS       XT2WP       G4BWP
CN2R        W7EJ        PJ2T        N9AG        YA1CQ       JA1CQT
CO8EJ       EA5KB       PJ4/K2NG    WA2NHA      YB0IR       W4JS
CO8TW       IZ8CCW      PJ4/NO2R    WA2NHA      YC3BDJ      IZ8CCW
CS6V        DL5AXX      PJ4G        WA2NHA      YN4SU       TI4SU
CX1JJ       EA5KB       PJ5/K3RGD   WA2NHA      YV5LIX      EA7FTR
D2GG        CT1GG       PJ7/KF5LG   ND5S        YV5OHW      EA7FTR
D2YY        CT1YWI      PY0ZFO      W9VA        Z24S        W3HNK
D44AC       RW3TN       R1ANF/P     RK1PWA      ZC4VG       G0UVX
D44TT       4L5A        RO4M        RN4LP       ZF1DZ       VE3DZ
D4B         4L5A        RO4M/6      RN4LP       ZK3HC       DL9HCU
DL2GG/YV5   DL3AMA      S07V        DK2WV       ZS03CWC     ZS1AU
DP1POL      DL1ZBO      SU9BN       EA7FTR      ZS90SAP     ZS6ZYM
E21CJN      W3PP        SU9NC       OM2SA       ZY0T        PY1YB
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 5B4AGC - George Beasley, P.O. Box 61344, 8133 Paphos, Cyprus
• 9A9R - Vladimir Pavlica, P.O. Box 312, HR-51001 Rijeka, Croatia
• BA4DW - David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040, China
• CP6EB - Luis R. Skultety, P.O. Box 291, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
• DL1ZBO - Rainer Hilgardt, Hans-Sachs-Weg 38, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
• DL2GAC - Bernhard Stefan, Moeggenweiler Str. 18, 88677 Markdorf, Germany
• DL2SWW - Frank Dreyer, Gartenweg 9, D-19069 Alt Meteln, Germany
• EA7FTR - Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain
• EA7JX - Rodrigo Herrera, P.O. Box 47, 41310 Brenes, Sevilla, Spain
• F2YT - Paul Herbet, 9 Rue de l'Alouette, 62690 Estree-Cauchy, France
• F5PAC - Joel Sutterlin, 1 rue du Rossberg, 68310 Wittelsheim, France
• F5RUQ - Thierry Lesnier, 31 rue des Bleuets, 22190 Plerin, France
• F6KHS - Radio Club Cyrano, 97 rue neuve d'Argenson, 24100 Bergerac, France
• I0MWI - Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto 60, 00055 Ladispoli - RM, Italy
• JA3KAB - Taka K. Shimazu, 10-36 Kizuri 3-chome Higashiosaka, Osaka 577-0827, Japan
• JH6QIL - Shin-Ichi Kusumoto, 1777-289, Nishi-Mochida, Aira-cho, Aira-Gun, Kagoshima, 899-5431 Japan
• K4YL - Stephen M. Grose, P.O. Box 183, Flat Rock, North Carolina 28731-0183, USA
• KB2FB/DU7 - David J. Collins, Pons Garcia Building, CPG Ave, Tagbilaran 6300 Bohol, Philippines
• KL7J - c/o Kim Larson, 22 N Hidden Acres Dr, Sioux City, IA 51108, USA
• N6AWD - Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA
• OH5DX - Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9A1, FIN 29200 Harjavalta, Finland
• OM2SA - George Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Slovakia
• OZ7AEI - Jakob Pedersen, Hvamvej 47, DK-7500 Holstebro, Denmark
• RN4LP - Vladislav Lakeev, P.O.Box 208, Dimitrovgrad, 433512, Russia
• SV1XV - Costas Krallis, P.O.Box 3066, GR-10210 Athens, Greece
• SV2AEL - Savas Pavlidis, P.O. Box 22013, Thessaloniki 55310, Greece
• TG0AA - C.R.A.G., P.O. Box 115, Correo Central, Guatemala City 01001, Guatemala
• UA0BA - Andrej N. Moiseev, P.O. Box 645, Norilsk, 663317, Russia
• UA1RJ - Yuri G. Sinitso, Box 10, 160000 Vologda, Russia
• UA6LCW - Serge Belikov, P.O.Box 504, Rostov-on-Don, 344002, Russia
• UN2O - Leo. V. Welikanov, P.O. Box 1, Atyrau 465002, Kazakhstan
• UT7UW - Yuri Zaskaleta, P.O. Box B-32, Kiev 01001, Ukraine
• VE3HO - Garth Hamilton, P.O. Box 1156, Fonthill, Ontario L0S 1E0, Canada
• VY1JA (*) - c/o Kim Larson, 22 N Hidden Acres Dr, Sioux City, IA 51108, USA
• W9AE - Wayne Estes, 18673 W. Meadow Lane, Mundelein, IL 60060, USA
• Z35M - Vladimir Kovaceski, P.O. Box 10, Struga 6330, Macedonia
• ZS6ZYM - Jan Swanepoel, P.O. Box 14393, Zuurfontein 1912, South Africa

(*) JAs via JA3JM

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